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Pax, Journey Home

Sara Pennypacker

Illustrator: Jon Klassen

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Balzer + Bray /HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-293034-7

Keywords: Foxes, Loss, Healing, Redemption, Families, Human-Animal Relationships

Though it's been a year since Peter and Pax saw each other, when Pax's kit becomes ill, he brings her to Peter to heal. Evocative black-and-white illustrations.